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Operating Systems Theory: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Operating Systems Theory, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $39.28, median 25 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $25.98 – $61.64 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- At $39.28 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $25.98 to $61.64, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Operating Systems Theory best sellers
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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
by Remzi H Arpaci-Dusseau
- List rank#1
- Price$28.27
- Rating4.6
- Reviews732
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Linux for Beginners: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Learn Linux Operating System and Master Linux Command Line. Contains Self-Evaluation Tests to Verify Your Learning Level
by Ethem Mining
- List rank#2
- Price$17.47
- Rating4.3
- Reviews600
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Linux for Absolute Beginners: An Introduction to the Linux Operating System, Including Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
by Andrew Warner
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews131
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Basics Of Linux Operating System: A Complete Beginners Guide From Installing To Operating As A Master
by Raya Quinn
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating2.0
- Reviews1
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Linux for Beginners: An Introduction to the Linux Operating System and Command Line
by Jason Cannon
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,404
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Operating System Security (Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy, and Trust)
by Trent Jaeger
- List rank#6
- Price$37.07
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System
by Maurice Bach
- List rank#7
- Price$29.61
- Rating4.7
- Reviews133
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Mastering ROS 2 for Robotics Programming: Design, build, simulate, and prototype complex robots using the Robot Operating System 2
by Lentin Joseph
- List rank#8
- Price$35.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews24
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Operating Systems: Principles and Practice (Volume 1 of 4)
by Thomas Anderson
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews59
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HOW COMPUTERS REALLY WORK: A Clear Guide to Hardware, Software, Memory, Storage, Operating Systems, Networks, and Digital Devices
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Operating Systems Theory a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 25 reviews and sells for $39.28.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Operating Systems Theory?
The median best seller has 25 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Operating Systems Theory best sellers cost?
The median price is $39.28; half of the best sellers are priced between $25.98 and $61.64.
Can new books break into Operating Systems Theory?
9% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.